Finding out how to fly was man's last great adventure, Frederick Forsyth writes, and in this wonderfully entertaining volume he gathers and introduces an extraordinary array of tales of our love affair with flight. H. G. Wells's "My First Aeroplane" hilariously evokes the days when a flying machine was a proper toy for a gentleman. "The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall" by Edgar Allan Poe is a weird fantasy - part Baron Munchhausen and part Rip Van Winkle. W. E. Johns's "Spads and Spandaus" recounts an American flier's baptism by fire at the hands of the famed Baron Richthofen. H. E. Bates, "Flying Officer X, " contributes "How Sleep the Brave, " the adventures of a bomber crew shot down over the North Sea and their struggle to survive in a pitching dinghy. Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, is represented by "Cat, " in which a strange Persian cat keeps watch over the comings and goings of a USAF squadron. In "They Will Never Grow Old, " Roald Dahl takes us into the tight cir of a British air squadron in the Middle East in World War II and spins the haunting story of a pilot who is given up for lost and returns, under the most mysterious circumstances, to describe a flight beyond this world. Rounding out the collection are tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Len Deighton, J. G. Ballard, F. Britten Austin, and John Buchan. In the words of Frederick Forsyth's stirring introduction, "The last of the lonely places is the sky, a trackless void where nothing lives or grows, and above it, space itself. Man may have been destined to walk upon ice or sand, or climb the mountains or take a craft upon the sea. But surely he was never meant to fly? But he does, and findin out how to do it was his last great adventure."

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 171. Chapters: The Downward Spiral, Metallica, Tommy, Slippery When Wet, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, Pet Sounds, Harvest, Ah Via Musicom, Reanimation, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Talking Heads: 77, Songs in A Minor, Rumours, Remain in Light, Fear of a Blank Planet, Music of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Under Rug Swept, One by One, A Night at the Opera, Straight Outta Lynwood, Love, Monster, Supernatural, New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Billion Dollar Babies, The Wraith: Shangri-La, Automatic for the People, How the West Was Won, Stupid Dream, Barenaked Ladies Are Me, American Beauty, Out of Time, Believe, The Incident, Machine Head, Green, In Blue, Vespertine, Document, Brain Salad Surgery, Buena Vista Social Club, Deadwing, In Your Honor, The Nightfly, Medúlla, The Soft Bulletin, Riding with the King, Crowded House, Lightbulb Sun, The Last Waltz, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Core, In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003, Sailing to Philadelphia, Frampton Comes Alive!, Ace of Spades, Nil Recurring, On the Beach, Everything to Everyone, Hotel California, The Game, Cry, At War with the Mystics, Music from Big Pink, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, Live'r Than You'll Ever Be, Workingman's Dead, In Search of..., Tubular Bells 2003, Fragile, My Story, The Shape of Punk to Come, Reveal, Red, Cracked Rear View, Nick of Time, New Gold Dream, Live at the Fillmore East, 14 Shades of Grey, Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul), Maroon, I Robot, The Captain and Me, In Absentia, True Stories, L.A. Woman, No Secrets, Songs for Beginners, Speaking in Tongues, Leviathan, More Songs About Buildings and Food, If I Could Only Remember My Name, What's New, Chicago, Transgression, Tigerlily, Welcome to My Nightmare, Miss E... So Addictive, Kamakiriad, Both Sides Now, Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968, Don't Worry About Me, Electric Warrior, Perception, Brand New Day, Empire, Two Against Nature, Greatest Hits, Greendale, Hawks & Doves, Together We're Heavy, The Whole SHeBANG, Love Enhanced Single Collection, Little Creatures, Balls to Picasso, Maná MTV Unplugged, Fourplay, Sueńos líquidos, Little Criminals, Morph the Cat, Sinatra at the Sands, Surrounded, Live at the Roxy Theatre, Hybrid, Don't Tell the Band, Rumor and Sigh, Quaudiophiliac, Al Green . Greatest Hits, A Valid Path, Invincible Summer, Bring the Family, 181920, Foreigner, Sphinctour, Halloween, Best 1991-2004, Take 6, Flamenco a Go-Go, Deaf Forever: The Best of Motörhead, Heavy Soul, Dhoom Dhoom, Spectrum, You're the One, Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Boom Dot Bust, Homecoming, Bringing the Cold to Poland, From the Front Row ... Live!, Can I Have My Money Back, The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2, Road Rock Vol. 1, Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection, Machine Punch Through, The Beauty of the Rain, Loss, Revolution Remixed & Surrounded, Jaune, Geoff Tate, Songs for Survivors, Christmas Extraordinaire, One Woman's Live Journey, Swingin' for the Fences, Opaline, The Best of Sugarhill Gang: Rapper's Delight. Excerpt: Songs in A Minor is the debut studio album by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It was released in the United States on June 5, 2001 by J Records. After graduating from high school, Keys signed with Columbia Records to begin her music career. She recorded an album in 1998 under the label, which they rejected. Her contract subsequently ended wit...